Suburban man killed while working on truck

A Tinley Park man working on a pickup truck was killed this afternoon when the vehicle fell on top of him at his home.

The victim, Douglas Westrom, 54, was pronounced dead at Palos Community Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Emergency crews responding to a house in the 16200 block of Olcott Avenue at about 12:40 p.m. found neighbors trying to free Westrom trapped underneath the vehicle at the home's driveway, police said in a news release.

Police believe Westrom was working underneath the vehicle when it rolled backwards, pinning him underneath. Authorities freed him from underneath the truck and rushed him to the hospital where he died.